A 7 min video of Annabel Crabb, author of ‘The Wife Drought’ in conversation with four professional men, each working flexible hours in various careers. They discuss the perceptions of men who work flexible hours and how this affects their careers,...

Almost 20% of working mums have been forced to leave their jobs because a flexible working request has been turned down, according to the latest annual survey by Workingmums.co.uk. 35% of mothers on maternity leave said the reason given for turning down the request...

Exciting news this month that Sydney Australia has won the bid to host the “Davos” of women – the Global Summit of Women 2018. It was backed by leading business and political leaders who want to showcase Australia as a nation striving for gender equality....

Debs and Clair from HDYDI recently attended ‘Shared Parental Leave, work and family life: Where should we go from here?’ hosted by Working Families, the Fatherhood Institute and the University of Manchester. Bringing together policy makers, charitable organisations,...

How Do You Do It are working with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) to support their Come Back community, encouraging people back to the profession. The Institute know that many people leave around the time of having children and...

UK Parliament Inquiry into Fathers accepts submission from How Do You Do It How Do You Do It is delighted to have our submission accepted by the UK House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee’s Inquiry into Fathers and the workplace.1 The Committee has...

Tell us a little more about your working background. I’m a chartered occupational psychologist and have always been passionate about work that supports not only individuals but also the wider aims of teams and organisations. Prior to working with How Do You Do It, I...

At How Do You Do It, we believe that we need to help working fathers negotiate parental transition. We assist them to build skills, understanding and social proof that working dads DO want to be more active fathers and that they CAN do it. Our Working Parent...

Working families have awarded Deloitte UK joint winner in their category ‘Best employer for all stages of Motherhood’ in their 2016 awards for top family-friendly employers. How Do You Do It deliver the Working Parents Transitions Programme supporting...

I remember 10 years ago when I first had the idea for a programme to gather working parents together. I was hearing from virtually every working parent in my executive coaching sessions that they were exhausted and struggling with the juggle of work and home. The...

I recently read Anne-Marie Slaughter’s book ‘Unfinished Business’ on the problems still facing working parents today. She states that women cannot ‘Lean In’. if there is no other parent/carer ‘Leaning Out’. This is similar to what Annabel Crabb surmises in her book...

Tell us a little more about your working background. I started my working life as a graduate trainee in audit at EY. Even at that time, considerations about having a family in the future and wanting to maintain a career as a mother influenced my choices. I...

Once a working parent, you are always a working parent. Working parents need support at all stages of their parenting journey – because there are always challenges, they are just different. There are at least two big stages to this Working Parent role. The first...

Meet Virginia Herlihy, Founder of How Do You Do It, an organisation that provides in-house programmes to help working parents combine the responsibilities at home and work. Tell us a little about your career to date I started in HR straight from University at KPMG. It...

I remember the debate and the push for flexible working hours 10 years ago when I started running programmes for working mothers and working fathers. It began with a perception that flexibility was only needed for working mums to look after their children. Now...